OH_Spartan
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- May 20, 2011
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I feel your pain. I have never lost a bird to a coyote but have lost dozens to other predators over the years. I have found a coop with hardware cloth buried around the perimeter to be the best for nocturnal critters. For the bold, day time predators, we trained our lab to be tolerant of the birds. She spends the day where the birds free range and we haven't lost a chicken on her watch.
If you have a brazen attacker, a caged bait like Art described would work. If your wife can't stand seeing one of her pets caged as bait, then buy one from a local farmer and let it be her pet after the coyote is gone.
Last advice.....when you successfully dispatch your predator, feed the heart liver and kidneys to your birds. The protein is great for them and you get the sublime pleasure of orchestrating a role-reversal.
If you have a brazen attacker, a caged bait like Art described would work. If your wife can't stand seeing one of her pets caged as bait, then buy one from a local farmer and let it be her pet after the coyote is gone.
Last advice.....when you successfully dispatch your predator, feed the heart liver and kidneys to your birds. The protein is great for them and you get the sublime pleasure of orchestrating a role-reversal.